| CODE | CHE1204 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Principles of Materials Modelling | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 3 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Chemistry | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | - Types and scales of modelling - Molecular modelling - The concept of the potential energy surface - Introduction to the three main types of molecular modelling methods: 1. Ab initio simulations 2. Semi-empirical simulations 3. Empirical simulations - Energy minimisations & Molecular Dynamics - Introduction to Finite Elements - Case studies Study-unit Aims: To equip chemistry students with an appreciation of the modelling and simulations toolkit available to them. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Understand how to represent molecules and larger systems into existing 'off the shelf' packages; - Understand concepts of setting up mathematical models of materials which may be 'solved' iteratively to obtain a realistic description of the material; - Understand the applications were modelling can be used to solve research problems. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Get a basic knowledge of handling standard molecular modelling packages. Main Text/s: Computational Chemistry (Oxford Chemistry Primers), Guy H. Grant and W. Graham Richards, OUP, 1995. Supplementary readings: Manuals of molecular modelling packages. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Co-requisite Study-unit: CHE1215 | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lectures, Practical and Tutorials | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Ruben Gatt Joseph Noel Grima |
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